Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International) has placed a new firm order for 105 B737-10s and five B787-10s. The contract includes a further 35 options for B737-10s.

The new commitment for the B737-10s comprises 53 new orders with deliveries scheduled between 2032 and 2035, and a conversion of 52 existing options for deliveries in 2028-2032.

The airline said that the B737-10s will allow it to both replace the existing B737NG generation narrowbodies and expand the total fleet size.

ch-aviation data shows that the carrier currently operates eleven B737-700s, fifty-nine B737-800s, and seventy-nine B737-900ERs, as well as fourteen B737-8s and eighty B737-9s. Before the new order was announced, the airline had unfilled commitments for a further six B737-8s and sixty-three B737-10s. The carrier also operates eighteen A321-200Ns inherited after the takeover of Hawaiian Airlines, which remain dedicated to Hawai'i operations.

Alaska Airlines retained the flexibility to substitute the -10s for another B737 MAX variant.

In terms of its widebody plans, Alaska Airlines said that the additional B787s will allow it to expand its long-haul network to Asia and Europe. It intends the five B787s to be in the -10 variant.

Alaska Airlines has never directly ordered any widebody aircraft before. It currently operates five B787-9s, but all of them were ordered by Hawaiian Airlines pre-merger. The group has a standing commitment, also inherited from Hawaiian, for another four B787-9s and five -10s, following a partial conversion of the order to the larger variant earlier this year. The five newly ordered aircraft are a conversion of options previously assigned to Hawaiian and are poised to be delivered between 2031 and 2032.

The airline did not disclose a delivery timeline for the newly ordered aircraft.